September 15th, 2025
Every four months, a comet blazes.
Comet presents stellar new poetry and photography published in Wax Poetry and Art publications.
Comet is edited and designed by Kirk Ramdath. Published by Florencia Bay Books in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. Nanaimo is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation of the Coast Salish Peoples.
New Comet collections are published in the Wax Poetry and Art Library on January 15th, May 15th, and September 15th of every year. Next issue, January 15th, 2026, which is also the start date for Poetry World Cup 2026.
Wax Poetry and Art is part of waxpoetryart.com – the website for people who love poetry, art, photography, fiction, and plays.
Click the titles to read the poems. Links open in different Wax Poetry and Art publications. Use the Back button to return to this page.
Published in Texas Poetry Magazine
Early Spring Feeding Up
by Joe Pisklak
(Midland, Texas, United States)
Published in Dublin Poetry Magazine
Sunsets in Alhambra
by Patrick O'Donoghue
(Dublin, Leinster, Ireland)
Published in Australia Poetry Magazine
Woolworths
by Lize du Toit
(Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Published in NYC Poetry Magazine
Manhattan, November 15
by Ben Shaberman
(Washington, D.C., United States)
Published in First Nations Poetry Magazine
I Heard the Horses
by Mariah Srygler
(Bloomington, Indiana, United States)
Published in India Poetry Magazine
For Aye
by Debanjana Majumdar
(Durgapur, West Bengal, India)
Published in South Africa Poetry Magazine
March Equinox
by Kevin Scheepers
(Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa)
Visual Art
Published in Canada Poetry Magazine
Psychology of Flowers: Three Paintings
Visual art by Anna Nike Leskowsky
(Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Published in Nigeria Poetry Magazine
We Were Once Boys
by Sandra Paul
(Abuja, Nigeria)
Published in Canada Poetry Magazine
Abandoned Boyhood
by JM Kehoe
(Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Published in Africa Poetry Magazine
Making Way for Vision
by Leanne Hunt
(Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa)
Published in Vancouver Poetry Magazine
Killing Time
by Sophia Zhu
(Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Published in Vancouver Poetry Magazine
Photography
Light and Memory: Three Photos
by Qi Yue
(Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
Published in Dublin Poetry Magazine
The Hanging Gardens of Us
by Lorraine Ryan
(Tubbercurry, County Sligo, Ireland)
Published in Canada Poetry Magazine
Tides
by Stephen G. Lloyd
(Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada)
Published in South Africa Poetry Magazine
Parting
by Leanne Hunt
(Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa)
Published in Australia Poetry Magazine
Purity: Lost in the Outback
by Graham Thorpe
(Yarra Glen, Victoria, Australia)
Published in South Africa Poetry Magazine
While I Wait for Spring
by Nicole Chingosha
(Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa)
Published in Dublin Poetry Magazine
Nature's Mirror
by Ross Gormley
(Wexford, Leinster, Ireland)
Published in Africa Poetry Magazine
Petals, Cracks, Exit, Glacier, Mercury
by Sid
(Lilongwe, Central Region, Malawi)
Published in Vancouver Poetry Magazine
Pemberton, Who Am I to Love You
by Akshit Suri
(Surrey, British Columbia, Canada)
Published in Australia Poetry Magazine
Hiding Me
by Yasmin A.
(Thornlie, Western Australia, Australia)
Published in South Africa Poetry Magazine
Faith Scrolling on the Street
by Thapelo Matemana
(Burgersfort, Limpopo, South Africa)
Read previous issues of Comet:
Comet #5
Comet #4
Comet #3
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